Shloka 21
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
अत्र विद्युत्प्रभा नाम जज्ञिरेडप्सरसो दश । अत्र विष्णुपदं नाम क्रमता विष्णुना कृतम्
atra vidyutprabhā nāma jajñire ’psaraso daśa | atra viṣṇupadaṃ nāma kramatā viṣṇunā kṛtam, uśīrabīje viprarṣe yatra jāmbūnadaṃ saraḥ |
ここで「ヴィディユトプラバー」（Vidyutprabhā）と名高い十人のアプサラスが生まれた。ここにはまた「ヴィシュヌの足跡」と呼ばれるものがある。三界を量るために歩み出たとき、主ヴィシュヌ（Viṣṇu）がこの地に踏みしめた跡である。婆羅門の聖仙よ、北方の地、ウシーラビージャ（Uśīrabīja）と名づけられた場所—黄金のように輝く湖のあるところ—で、かつてマルッタ王（Marutta）が祭祀（yajña）を執り行った。
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dharma is sustained through remembrance of divine acts and through righteous royal conduct. Sacred places are not merely locations; they become moral landmarks because they preserve the memory of Viṣṇu’s cosmic stride and of a king’s exemplary sacrifice.
Yuparṇa points out a revered region: it is said to be the birthplace of ten Apsarases called Vidyutprabhā, it bears the mark of Viṣṇu’s step from the myth of measuring the worlds, and nearby at Uśīrabīja—by a golden lake—King Marutta is remembered as having performed a great sacrifice.